Assad moving chemical weapons to Iraq, Lebanon?

Syria opposition leader Gen. Salim Idriss claims WMD on the move

Published: 09/12/2013 at 11:30 PM

(CNN) The head of the opposition Free Syrian Army told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday he has intelligence showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government is moving its chemical weapons out of the country.

“Today, we have information that the regime began to move chemical materials and chemical weapons to Lebanon and to Iraq,” Gen. Salim Idriss said from inside Syria.

CNN could not independently verify Idriss’ claim.

Several senior Israeli officials told CNN’s Elise Labott that they have not seen movements into Lebanon or Iraq, and that they did not believe it made sense for the Syrians to be moving weapons so soon.